Person
Rebecca Root
Acting · Born 1969-05-10 · Woking, Surrey, England, UK
Biography
Rebecca Root is an English actress, comedian and voice coach. She was rated 18th in The Independent on Sunday's Rainbow List 2014, which named her as one of the very few openly transgender actresses in mainstream television, alongside Laverne Cox and Adèle Anderson.
Known for
Casualty
Psychiatric SHO
Sex Education
Leanne
Heartstopper Forever
Principal Edwards
Hollyoaks
Midwife
Celebrity Mastermind
2003
The Wheel of Time
Keeper
Heartstopper
Principal Edwards
The Queen's Gambit
Miss Lonsdale
Keeping Up Appearances
The Engineer
Annika
Alex Carrigan
Filmography
- 2026Heartstopper ForeverPrincipal Edwards
- 2025The Breakdown of a Toxic Relationship as told by Fluffmeister, a Poodle of Questionable Heritage
- 2025EnigmaNarrator (voice)
- 2024Monsieur SpadeCynthia Fitzsimmons
- 2022This Is ChristmasMiranda
- 2022The GalleryNicky
- 2022HeartstopperPrincipal Edwards
- 2022The RisingDS Diana Aird
- 2021The Wheel of TimeKeeper
- 2021AnnikaAlex Carrigan
- 2021Creation StoriesVicky
- 2021Finding AliceLindsay
- 2020The Queen's GambitMiss Lonsdale
- 2019Last ChristmasDr. Addis
- 2019FlackAllie Gregs
- 2019Sex EducationLeanne
- 2018The RomanoffsDana
- 2018ColetteRachilde
- 2018The Sisters BrothersMayfield
- 2018Eddie EliseElise
- 2017SisSteph
- 2016Hank Zipzer's Christmas CatastropheCamilla Stevens
- 2016Approach/WithdrawNarrator
- 2015The Danish GirlNurse
- 2015Boy Meets GirlJudy
- 2012NormalCynthia
- 2003Celebrity Mastermind
- 1995HollyoaksMidwife
- 1993The DetectivesVet
- 1990Keeping Up AppearancesThe Engineer
- 1986CasualtyPsychiatric SHO
- —Hear Me RoarElizabeth Bellinger
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